Samsung, the world leader in all things cool, has today announced that it has developed a 2GB MultiMediaCard (MMCmicro) that combines four 4Gbit NAND flash devices.

This is the smallest, fastest and highest capacity memory card for mobile phones, developed only three months after Samsung led the industry by launching a 1GB MMCmicro.

The 2GB MMC is a powerful indicator of Samsung’s expanding efforts to embrace the widest possible range of multimedia applications including mobile video.

Despite being the size of a fingernail (12x14x1.1mm), the new MMCmicro will provide the highest transmission speed of any removable memory card, transmitting data 3.5 times faster than other cards. The card can store 12 hours of mobile video and is fast enough to download 3 hours of it in under 2 minutes. An adapter allows the card to be plugged into any multimedia card slot.

The 2GB MMC can operate at either 1.8 volts (V) and 3.3V, making it an even more viable solution for mobile phones.

The new MMC, in a format standardised by the MultiMediaCard association (MMCA) and being standardised by JEDEC, can be obtained by manufacturers without royalties or licensing fees.

According to Dataquest, a semiconductor market research firm, as the global memory card market will grow 5 per cent between 2005 and 2010, the multimedia card market will grow 17 per cent and the MMCmicro market by 95 per cent during the same period.

The 2GB MMCmicro will be commercially available later this year.

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